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A Dinner, a Deal and Moonshine: How the Stimulus Came Together Source: By Nicholas Fandos, Luke Broadwater and Emily Cochrane, New York Times • Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Top party leaders cinched a $900 billion relief deal after laying down their swords. But it took an empowered, bipartisan group of moderates to help bridge the divide.
Senators Angus King of Maine, Mark Warner of Virginia, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Joe Manchin III of West Virginia before a news conference last week to introduce their pandemic relief bill.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
A week before Thanksgiving, a small group of moderate senators gathered in the spacious living room of Senator Lisa Murkowski’s home on Capitol Hill to embark on what they considered an urgent assignment.
Biden Picks Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary
Miguel A. Cardona will fulfill Joe Biden’s promise to appoint a diverse cabinet with an education secretary with public school experience.
Miguel A. Cardona was appointed Connecticut’s first Latino commissioner of education in 2019 after two decades of experience as a public school educator.Credit.Devin Leith-Yessian/Record-Journal, via Associated Press
Published Dec. 22, 2020Updated Jan. 16, 2021
WASHINGTON In August, Connecticut’s schools chief, Miguel A. Cardona, logged on to a virtual meeting of New Haven’s school board, ostensibly to hear why its members had decided not to open the state’s largest school district for in-person classes this fall.
The newest round of coronavirus aid legislation, which was agreed on by congressional leaders Sunday and passed by Congress on Monday night, will include roughly $54 billion for New York state, according to U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.
On Monday, Sen. Schumer detailed how the new round of aid will include support for local governments, schools, public health departments, vaccine distribution and COVID-19 tests, as well as rent assistance, eviction relief, support for small- and medium-sized businesses and direct assistance to individuals.
But even as he described the far-reaching aid package, which is the second-largest in American history, second only to the CARES Act, Sen. Schumer stressed that this is only a stopgap measure, and more support is desperately needed.
The stimulus negotiation shows how Biden can move his agenda forward in Congress.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. applauded the willingness of lawmakers to “reach across the aisle” and called the effort a “model for the challenging work ahead for our nation.”Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
Dec. 22, 2020
The overdue pandemic aid package represents both a pre-inaugural legislative victory for President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and a potential template for congressional deal-making in the coming Biden era.
Along with struggling Americans and businesses, the incoming president was a major beneficiary of the $900 billion pandemic stimulus measure that passed on Monday night, which will give him some breathing room when he enters the White House next month. Rather than face an immediate and dire need to act on an emergency economic aid package, Mr. Biden and his team can take a moment to instead try to fashion a more far-reaching recovery program and begin to tackle o